Ruhendes Mädchen (Meeresstimmung) Possibly 1910 - 1920
wilhelmlehmbruck
pencil drawn
photo of handprinted image
aged paper
toned paper
light pencil work
germany
ink paper printed
pencil sketch
charcoal drawing
charcoal art
watercolor
Wilhelm Lehmbruck's "Ruhendes Mädchen (Meeresstimmung)" (Resting Girl, Seascape) is a delicate etching and drypoint that captures the essence of the female form through simplified lines and subtle shading. Lehmbruck, known for his sculptures and prints, created this artwork sometime between 1910 and 1920, shortly before his untimely death in 1919. The piece's minimalist style and focus on the figure's curves highlight the artist's interest in capturing the human form with an expressive and introspective approach. This print, now housed at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, showcases Lehmbruck's unique vision, blending sensitivity with a sense of melancholic tranquility.
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Trained in his homeland of Germany, the sculptor Wilhelm Lehmbruck was attracted to the work of two French sculptors often seen as polar opposites: Auguste Rodin and Aristide Maillol. He synthesized the spirituality and structure of Rodin with the linear grace of Maillol to produce his own quiet, introverted works. In 1910, he moved to Paris, where he would remain until the outbreak of World War I. There he fell in with other international avant-garde sculptors, such as Constantin Brancusi, Giovanni Modigliani, and Alexander Archipenko. About the same time, he began to make prints, which, like Recumbent Nude, reduce the form to its bare essence.
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